A woman has been arrested in connection with a rash of vacation home break-ins in Sonoma County after stolen property was found in her home and car, authorities said Tuesday.

Lisa Ann Lopez, 42, of Santa Rosa had items that had been stolen from homes in Guerneville, Sonoma, Cloverdale, Bodega Bay and Healdsburg, said Sonoma County sheriff's Sgt. Michael Raasch.

Investigators focused on Lopez after a person reported seeing a woman March 29 outside a home on the 17000 block of Summit Avenue in Guerneville that had been broken into a month earlier, Raasch said.

The woman was gone by the time deputies arrived, but the neighbor had gotten the license plate number of a BMW she was driving, Raasch said. When deputies checked the home, they found it had been burglarized again and that a flat-screen TV was missing.

Two hours later, a detective spotted the BMW in Santa Rosa and arrested Lopez after finding the TV in the back seat, Raasch said.

A search of her car and home yielded items taken during other burglaries, authorities said.

Dozens of vacation homes in Sonoma County have been ransacked in recent months. Investigators say the thieves may have been checking online sites to determine when the homes were vacant.

Lopez was booked at County Jail on suspicion of burglary and possession of stolen property. Her bail was set at $250,000.